P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 2358
The Board may deny, suspend or cancel a license after due notice and hearing, if it determines that the applicant or holder thereof has engaged in any of the following practices:
(a) It may deny a license when the applicant:
(1) Tries to obtain the license through fraud or deceit;
(2) does not comply with the requirements established by this chapter;
(3) engages in habitual use of drugs or intoxicating drinks, or
(4) has been convicted for any offense implying moral turpitude.
(b) It may suspend or revoke the license when the holder:
(1) Is mentally disabled, and said disability is so established before the Board through a medical certificate;
(2) has been declared, by a competent court, mentally unfit due to the habitual use of drugs or intoxicating beverages;
(3) has been convicted of any offense implying moral turpitude;
(4) has been guilty of gross negligence in the performance of his duties;
(5) has obtained the license by means of fraud or deceit;
(6) has committed fraud or deceit in the practice of his profession;
(7) has been convicted of employing, permitting, approving, consenting to or acceding to persons not authorized to practice health services administration, performing such duties defined as the practice of health services administration, or
(8) does not comply with the requirements of registration and recertification of his or her license through continued education, as stipulated in the Regulations on Continued Education and Registration of the Board.
The decision of the Board to suspend or revoke a license may be reconsidered within the ten (10) days following service of the notice thereof. The final decision may be reviewed by the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, San Juan Part, through an action for review initiated by aggrieved party within the thirty (30) days following the date of service of the notice thereof.
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 8; June 4, 1983, No. 98, p. 268, § 2; June 24, 2004, No. 165, § 7.